On 7/11/24 14:09, James Hilliard wrote:
The best we could possibly do might be to add a check for the bit in register
0xf1 and warn the user that they might have to use the ACPI driver if the bit
is set. I am not sure if that would be helpful or just add noise, though.
Do your systems which work with the it87_wdt driver have that 0xF1 bit not set?
I only have one such system left, and the bit is not set on that system.
I avoid buying hardware with ITE Super-IO chips nowadays since their support
for Linux is non-existent.
I'm thinking we should check for that bit and prevent loading the
it87_wdt driver if
No. That would create the risk of no longer loading the driver on systems where
it currently works.
it's set(maybe along with an override param). That way the wdat_wdt driver I
I prefer the less invasive version of logging a message. The user can then
block the it87_wdt driver if it doesn't work.
Guenter
